Why self host a password manager? - eviltoast

I’m going to move away from lastpass because the user experience is pretty fucking shit. I was going to look at 1pass as I use it a lot at work and so know it. However I have heard a lot of praise for BitWarden and VaultWarden on here and so probably going to try them out first.

My questions are to those of you who self-host, firstly: why?

And how do you mitigate the risk of your internet going down at home and blocking your access while away?

BitWarden’s paid tier is only $10 a year which I’m happy to pay to support a decent service, but im curious about the benefits of the above. I already run syncthing on a pi so adding a password manager wouldn’t need any additional hardware.

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Regarding benefits for the paid tier (which I use as a sort of donation):

    1. it’s literally on their page: https://bitwarden.com/help/password-manager-plans/#compare-personal-plans
    2. What I actually use: A bit of the encrypted upload, some 2FA generators for unimportant services (I prefer using another 2FA app with encrypted automated backups. Helps keeping things separate)

    Regarding self-hosting:
    I decided against it.

    1. Too much important stuff in there (+400 accounts)
    2. Too much stuff in there I would need to back up and keep safe. Not in the mood.
    3. Not enough experience with hosting a database. If it would go belly-up I had no one except the internet to ask and figure it out myself. At best some selfhost forum/community.
    • el_abuelo@programming.devOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think you misread my post. I know what the benefits of their paid teir are, because literally read their page.

      I was asking why people self host. As you don’t self host…I’m not sure why you’re responding, especially not with passive aggressive language like that.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        91·
        2 months ago

        Didnt feel passive aggresive to me.
        And regarding the question why people self host:
        More or less the usual reasons (e.g. learning, just4fun, experimenting)
        And I gave you the reasons why I decided against it.

        Do with both informations what you need to do. Keeping it in mind or disregard my opinion/choices as not directly answering your question